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these twisters really were. >> here's what we can tell you. the death toll stands at 28 but that number could climb as rescuers sift through rubble. dozens of twisters reported from the gulf coast to the great lakes. the national weather service issued more than 260 -- >> reporter: forecasters were predicting the ominous weather coming into southeastern indiana but nobody could have foreseen what happened next. we are standing in henryville, indiana, right in front of what used to be henryville high school. as you can see, it is almost leveled to the ground. now there were students i...

completely leveled. school buses completely turned over on their side. just a tragic, tragic situation out there. >> let's go to a live report now. nbc news's kyra kinear. >> reporter: forecasters had been predicting a severe storm to come through. what actually happened last night could have never been guessed. as we take a look at the images here, you can see behind me, this used to be henryville high school, what is left of it. the adjacent building is the middle school. the roof completely blown off. to the north, to the south, to the east, to the west, complete devastation here....

incredible it's hard to take it in. schools gone, houses gone. tonight the first storeies of survival. >> i really can't remember much about it other than just seeing everything flying around. >> we got on the buses and started heading to my house and tornadoes following us. >> all evening long the death toll has been climbing. in indiana alone rescue crews are searching debris in four different counties. good evening. these tornadoes have impacted millions of americans across several states. at least 28 # people are now dead and there may be more. >> it is amazing this outbreak we h...